Chapter 1
The planet's colossal ice giants
Chapter 2
Colorful anomalies and weird ice phenomena
Chapter 3
Extreme mountain glaciers and moving ice
Chapter 4
Deep freeze secrets and ancient time capsules
YOUR GOAL
Master of The secret life of glaciers
Ch 1 · The planet's colossal ice giants
schopenhauer Colossal Ice Giants
Deep in Denman's ice, deepest place on land, three kilometers down!
schopenhauer Together, the polar ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica contain over 99 percent of Earth's glacial ice.
schopenhauer Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbræ is famous for its incredible speed and massive iceberg production.
BETA
schopenhauer Sort the world's largest glaciers to discover where these colossal ice giants are located.
Fun Fact
Glacier weight: The weight of Antarctica's massive ice sheet is so immense that it actually deforms the Earth's crust, pushing it down into the mantle.
Glossary
glacier (noun)
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. Antarctica's Lambert Glacier is the world's largest, stretching over 250 miles.
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. Antarctica's Lambert Glacier is the world's largest, stretching over 250 miles.
Quiz
By how many feet would global sea levels rise if the Antarctic ice sheet melted completely?
Quiz
Which Greenland glacier is famous for its high speed and likely produced the Titanic iceberg?
Quiz
What is the term for when a glacier sheds massive chunks of ice into the ocean?
Quiz
Which glacier in East Antarctica holds the record as the largest glacier in the world?
Quiz
Which polar island contains the second-largest ice sheet on Earth after Antarctica?